Overview
- The IEEFA–Ember study assesses 21 states covering about 95% of India’s power demand across decarbonisation, power-ecosystem readiness, and market enablers.
- Karnataka leads decarbonisation with roughly 37% renewables in its procurement mix, followed by Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
- Delhi and Haryana top ecosystem readiness, with Delhi reaching 303 MW of distributed solar that makes up 97% of its solar capacity, Chhattisgarh limiting shortages to 0.07% in FY25, and Bihar deploying 78% of sanctioned smart meters by March 2025.
- Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan lead market enablers through updated renewable policies, green and ToD tariffs, and EV momentum, with UP at 10% EV adoption in FY25, AP advancing smart-meter-enabled ToD and hydrogen plans, and Rajasthan offering a ₹0.05/kWh green tariff but lagging on smart meters and storage at 25 MW.
- West Bengal, Telangana, and Jharkhand trail with low renewable shares and limited potential utilisation, prompting recommendations for stronger DISCOM finances, wider smart metering, cost-reflective tariffs, storage and mobility support, and resource-adequacy planning for rising loads including data centres projected to grow from 13 TWh in 2024 to 57 TWh by 2030.